Carl Natanael Rexroth-Berg (9 February 1879, Stockholm – 14 October 1957, Stockholm) was a Swedish composer. Berg trained in

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and began learning

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by teaching himself. He later studied at the Stockholm Conservatory as the pupil of Johan Lindegren. Until 1939, he served as a

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in the Swedish Army and afterwards he became a freelance composer. His output included five

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s, three

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s, five symphonies as well as several symphonic poems, a piano concerto, a

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, a serenade for

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and

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, a

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, ballades, lieder, and pieces for

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Chronological list of selected works

*''Saul och David'', 1907 *''Eros vrede'', 1907 *''Traumgewalten'', symphonic poem, 1910 *''Leila'', opera, 1910 *''Mannen och kvinnan'', 1911 *''Predikaren'', 1911 *Symphony No. 1 ''Alles endet was entstehet'', 1913 *''Varde Ljus'', symphonic poem, 1914 *''Älvorna'', ballet, 1914 *''Israels lovsång'', 1915 *Symphony No. 2 ''Årstiderna'', 1916 *Symphony No. 3 ''Makter'', 1917 *Piano Quintet, 1917 *''Die badenden Kinder'', 1918 *Violin Concerto, 1918 *Symphony No. 4 ''Pezzo Sinfonico'', 1918 *''Sensitiva'', ballet, 1919 *String Quartet, 1919 *''Hertiginnans friare'', ballet, 1920 *Serenade for Violin and Orchester, 1923 *Symphony No. 5 ''Trilogia delle passioni'', 1924 *''Höga Visan'', 1925 *''Engelbrekt'', opera, 1928 (''Engelbrecht'',

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, 1933) *Piano Concerto, 1931 *''Judith'', opera, 1935 *''Birgitta'', opera, 1942 *''Genoveva'', opera, 1944–46 *''Tre konungar'', Part 1, opera (incomplete), 1950–1954, orchestrated up to 1957

References

* Storm Bull: ''Index to biographies of contemporary composers''. Vol. II. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, N.J. 1974. * Hans-Gunnar Peterson, Stig Jacobsson: ''Swedish composers of the 20th century''. Svensk musik, Stockholm 1988. * Stanley Sadie: ''The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians''. Macmillan, London 1980.

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